Microsoft OLE DB Driver error

DEVENDRA MAURYA 20 Reputation points
2025-08-04T20:11:47.9233333+00:00

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getting this error please help me how i can fix it

error:

Feature failure reason:

An error occurred for a dependency of the feature causing the setup process for the feature to fail.

Error details:

§ Error installing Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server

An installation package for the product Microsoft OLE DB Driver for SQL Server cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'msoledbsql.msi'.

Error code: 1706

Log file: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\160\Setup Bootstrap\Log\20250805_010144\msoledbsql_Cpu64_1.log

Visithttps://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?LinkId=20476&ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&EvtSrc=setup.rll&EvtID=50000&ProdVer=16.0.1000.6&EvtType=msoledbsql.msi%40InstallFiles%401706 to get help on troubleshooting.

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  1. Erland Sommarskog 124.2K Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2025-08-04T20:36:32.21+00:00

    These problems are often due to that you already have the OLE DB driver installed, but not the version that SQL Server wants to install, and the installer gets confused.

    So look in Program and Features and uninstall the driver to resolve the problem.

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